Central South University (CSU; ) is a national public university in
Changsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...
,
Hunan
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, China. The university is sponsored by the
China Ministry of Education
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. It is a Chinese state
Double First Class University. Hunan Medical University, Changsha Railway College, and Central South University of Technology merged to establish Central South University in April 2000.
History
CSU was established by approval of the
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on April 29, 2000 by merging three separate universities: Hunan Medical University (HMU), Changsha Railway University (CRU) and Central South University of Technology (CSUT).
HMU, formerly under the administration of the Ministry of Health, dates back to 1914 when Xiangya Medical College was founded through the joint efforts of Hunan Yuqun Society and the
Yale-China Association. CRU, one of the universities under the administration of the
Ministry of Railways
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, initially restructured in 1953 as Central South College of Civil Engineering and Architecture. It was established in 1960 based on its predecessor’s teaching and research divisions. CSUT, one of universities under the administration of the Ministry of Education, was originally named Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1952 when a nationwide restructuring of institutes of higher education began. It incorporated departments of mining and metallurgy from six universities including
Wuhan University
Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...
,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangxi University,
Hunan University,
Nanchang University
Nanchang University (NCU; ) is a public research university located in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. NCU has also been recognized as a National Key University in the nation. Based on the new plan initiated by Chinese Ministry of Education in 2017, ...
and
Beijing Institute of Technology.
Academics
Central South University (CSU) is a
national key university under the direct administration of the
Ministry of Education of China and a member of the
Double First Class University Plan, former nationally prestigious
Project 211 and
Project 985. CSU covers an area of 392.4 hectares with campuses located across the
Xiang River
The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...
at the base of the
Yuelu Hill close to its neighbor
Hunan University.
CSU offers 83 bachelor's degrees, 282 master's degrees and 142 doctorate degrees from 31 colleges and institutes and a graduate school:
*Literature and Journalism
*Foreign Languages
*Architecture and Art
*Business School
*Law School
*Marxism
*Public Administration
*Mathematics and Statistics
*Physics and Electronics
*Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
*Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
*Energy Science and Engineering
*Material Science and Engineering
*Powder Metallurgy Research Institute
*Traffic and Transportation Engineering
*Civil Engineering
*Metallurgy and Environment
*Geoscience and Environmental Engineering
*Info-physics and Geomatics Engineering
*Resources and Safety Engineering
*Minerals Processing and Bioengineering
*Information Science and Engineering
*Xiang-ya School of Medicine
*Pharmaceutical Sciences
*Public Health
*Basic Medical Sciences
*Stomatology
*
School of Life Sciences
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*Research Department of Physical Education
*School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
*Aier School of Ophthalmology
Faculties and students
More than 33,000 full-time undergraduates and 12,000 graduate students attend Central South University. Of the total number attending CSU approximately 1,000 are foreign students. The faculty-student ratio is about 1:8.
Facilities
CSU covers an area of 3,810,000 square meters and has the total floor space of 2,330,000 square meters. The library of CSU have a collection of more than 4,390,000 volumes.
CSU has six campuses:
* Main campus: dormitories and academic buildings for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of most engineering schools, two state key laboratories, as well as office buildings.
* South campus: dormitories for all freshman and postgraduates of all humanities schools, as well as office buildings.
* New campus: academic buildings for all freshman and all humanities and science postgraduates, as well as office and library buildings.
* Xiangya School of Medicine (New campus): dormitories and academic buildings for medical postgraduates, with Xiangya Hospital and the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China.
* Xiangya School of Medicine (Old campus): dormitories and academic buildings for medical undergraduates, with Third Xiangya Hospital and medical library.
* Railway campus: dormitories and academic buildings for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of civil engineering, traffic engineering, software engineering, and architecture, as well as office and library buildings.
Notable alumni
Academics
*
Huang Boyun
Huang Boyun () is the former University president, President of Central South University, the academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and a member of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a Representation (politics), representative of the ...
,
powder metallurgist, academician of
Chinese Academy of Engineering, former
President
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of the Central South University.
*
Jin Zhanpeng
Jin Zhanpeng (; 6 November 1938 – 27 November 2020) was a Chinese scientist specializing in phase diagram and powder metallurgy. He was a member of the Communist Party of China. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
B ...
,
materials scientist, academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
*
Wang Dianzuo
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,
mineral engineering scientist, academician of
Chinese Academy of Sciences and
Chinese Academy of Engineering,former
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of Central South University of Technology (now merged into the Central South university).
*
Chen Zhiwu, Professor of Finance at
Yale School of Management
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and an influential public intellectual in China.
Politics and Public Service
*
Guo Shengkun, member of
Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party,
Central Secretariat secretary, Secretary of the
Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
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of the
Communist Party of China
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.
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Lu Zhangong
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, Vice Chairman of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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, former
Communist Party Secretary of
Fujian
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and
Henan
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provinces.
*
Zhao Lijian, Deputy Director of Foreign Ministry Information Department of the People's Republic of China,
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of the People's Republic of China.
Business and entrepreneurship
*
Wang Chuanfu, Founder and CEO of
BYD.
*
Liang Wengen, Founder and Chairman of
Sany Group
Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese multinational heavy equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Changsha, Hunan. It is the 3rd-largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world, and the first in its industry in China to ente ...
.
References
External links
Central South University official websiteCentral South University official website
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Universities in China with English-medium medical schools
Project 211
Project 985
Plan 111
Universities and colleges in Hunan
Universities and colleges in Changsha
Vice-ministerial universities in China
2000 establishments in China
Yuelu District